Monday, January 17, 2011

Chena Hot Springs


I loved this place! It was so fun and beautiful.



It took us about an hour and 15 min to get there. We checked in the hotel and signed up for the Ice Museum. Waiting for our tour, we got the sled out and went walking around the resort. The Ice Museum was really neat, they served a $15.00 Appletini in an ice glass, we just watched... ;-)



We went swimming in the indoor pool and outdoor hot tub. Yes, I said outdoor! It was crazy! Our hair froze! The kids had a BLAST! Aaron and I had to take turns to get in the 'grown up hot springs'. (18+) It was awesome and SO HOT! It was a huge rock hot pool.

After swimming, we ate dinner at the restaurant. I tried the Halibut, and it was very delicious!

The Northern Lights we at their brightest and most beautiful at about 1:00am. The front desk called our room to let us know. I kinda remember answering the phone and saying.... "ok thanks" Next thing I know, it's morning. Man, we are so upset that we missed them! Aaron will never forgive me! Next time, HE can sleep by the phone!!!! Haha!

The next morning, we did the dog sled ride. It was so much fun! Although, it was -30 outside and we were completely numb at the end of the ride, Korbin says... "Let's do that again!" It was great.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Skiing!





Man, today was quite an experience. We took the kids skiing for the first time! They did ok, kinda like the ice skating trip.... Korbin did pretty good, Kylie wouldn't even go up the lift. She's like a noodle, so clumsy. We stayed on the bunny hill, so it wasn't that bad, and Korbin went to the top with Daddy and came down the whole way without falling! Kylie and I went to the clubhouse to warm up.

We decided we wanted to buy a Tubing Pass and as soon as we pulled the tube up to the lift, they told us they closed down because of the weather being -20. We were so bummed. Oh well, better luck next time. Kylie got in the tube and I spun her around and pulled her all over the place for a little bit to make up for it. She had a blast! Then Korbin joined us and loved it! We'll have to go back soon!